The State Cabinet on Tuesday decided to merge Mukhyamantri Shahari Swachchhata Mission, being implemented at the State level, with the Swachchh Bharat Mission.The Cabinet decided that the toilets sanctioned under Mukhyamantri Shahari Swachchhata Mission should be constructed through prevalent process. Selected beneficiary will be given the choice of constructing toilet himself or through concerning local body. Amount to be distributed as Central and State share for construction of each clean toilet under Swachchh Bharat Mission was also fixed. Accordingly, out of Rs13,600 cost of each toilet, Rs4000 will be Central share, Rs6,880 State share, Rslocal body share and Rs 1360 will be share of beneficiary. Every toilet-less house owner will be eligible for subsidy for constructing a toilet.
Amount of subsidy for construction of public toilets was also fixed. Accordingly, Central share will be 40 per cent, State share 50 per cent and share of local body will be 10 per cent. Except Bhopal and Indore, central share will be 40 per cent, State share 45 per cent and urban body share 15 per cent in all other municipal corporations. For Bhopal and Indore municipal corporations, central share will be 40 per cent, State share 40 per cent and urban body share 20 per cent.The cabinet endorsed decision to construct public toilets in urban areas under PPP mode.
For septage management under Mukhyamantri Shahari Swachchhata Mission in Nagar Parishad and Nagar Palika Parishad, state grant will be 90 per cent and body’s share 10 per cent. For this work, state’s share will be 85 per cent and body’s 15 per cent in municipal corporations except Bhopal and Indore. It would be 80 and 20 per cent respectively, in Bhopal and Indore. A high power committee headed by the Chief Secretary under Swachchh Bharat Mission (Shahari) has also been constituted.
The Cabinet accorded administrative sanction of Rs7905.21 lakh for works of Gopalpura canal medium project in Sagar and Damoh districts. The project will irrigate 6114 hectares annually in Rabi season. The project will benefit 23 villages in Sagar district and 5 in Damoh district. Under the project, irrigation is proposed from Pagara reservoir of Pancham Nagar project in Banda development block in Sagar district. The Cabinet decided to start engineering college at Jhabua from current session. The college will be affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya from academic session 2015-16. The college will be started on the premises of Jhabua Polytechnic College with 60 seats each in engineering and computer science courses.